One man's trash
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I came across this classic tome while wandering the halls of the Neuchatel office, this week. It's one I remember reading when in my last year at University (in fact I'm almost certain I have a copy gathering dust in my basement). This particular volume once belonged to James Carrington (at least that's my best […]
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Here's some fun memorabilia from Autodesk's Neuchatel office: T-shirts from a couple of different events held in recent years. Both are brand-new and have never been worn. The first comes from an internal event that was held back in 2015 to highlight the importance of taking security (particularly product and information security) seriously. The T-shirt […]
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Nate Moore discovered something in a desk drawer that we both thought worth posting: if nothing else because we'd love to find out what on Earth it's for. It's a "computer accessory" – these are literally the only words printed in its box – that looks like it fits a computer's parallel port (back when […]
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This is a slightly anomalous post in the "one man's trash" series, in that we've actually found something I can't bear to part with. This was nearly the case for The Autodesk File 3rd Edition, but I did bring myself to ship that one off to Oregon. Today's item, once again uncovered by Francesco Tonioni, […]
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After recent posts about digitizing tablet overlays and a trip down memory lane on AutoCAD rearchitectures, today's giveaway follows this retro theme. Francesco Tonioni discovered a box of digitizing tablet pucks hidden away in a cupboard. I have no idea whether there is anything useful in having these without a tablet itself (presumably the tablet […]
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Firstly, I'd like to thank the few people who engaged on the last One Man's Trash, which was clearly (but hopefully not too clearly) an April 1st prank. I'd have expected more people to "bite", but then it was posted over the weekend, so perhaps not that many people saw it. Or perhaps it was […]
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It's really proving to be a fun series, as we recycle the contents of the closing Autodesk Neuchatel office. So far we've given away a couple of RS-232 breakout boxes, a signed copy of The Autodesk File and a (so far unclaimed) patch panel punch down tool. Today we're offering a very special item to […]
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As we continue clearing out cupboards and desks in the Neuchatel office, another potential treasure was uncovered by Francesco Tonioni. It seemed like a very interesting – and probably very useful – tool. We weren't at all sure what it was until Hashim Mundol recognised it from a previous life. He identified it correctly as […]
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Many thanks to all of you who responded to the last "one man's trash" post offering a signed copy of The Autodesk File for one of the people answering John's question correctly: What was the first Autodesk product which, after having been sold, was subsequently discontinued? The answer is, of course, AutoScreen. Of the 15 […]
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I know this one is going to be extremely popular with the readers of this blog. While starting the clear-out of her bookshelf, a colleague in the Neuchatel office, Maria Elena Santoyo Torres, found a copy of The Autodesk File in book form. I hadn't realised it had been bound into a book, so this […]